... being rather politically indifferent. Ironically, due to their sheer numerical superiority, workers and peasants should be the main force of any potential mass movement. However, in the protests that were initiated by the workers and peasants, political concerns were hardly mentioned. Instead the protestors mainly focused ... They hardly touched the issue of challenging the current ideology. In fact, they even addressed the central leaders of CCP as beloved and respected, and showed their trust in the leaders to solve the problems. The workers also emphasized that their grievances were i...

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... . There are two major factors that support authoritarianism in China: scarcity of information and a stratified class structure. Oddly enough it is the Tiananmen Square movement that most clearly shows how these conditions help maintain China's dictatorship. The leaders of the pro-democracy rally in Beijing were mainly upper class college students who resided in urban areas. The doctrines and ideas put forth ... by the democratic leaders caught on in China's major cities, but the commoners of the countryside received little news of the uprising. The Chinese government made sure that relat...

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... . There are two major factors that support authoritarianism in China: scarcity of information and a stratified class structure. Oddly enough it is the Tiananmen Square movement that most clearly shows how these conditions help maintain China's dictatorship. The leaders of the pro-democracy rally in Beijing were mainly upper class college students who resided in urban areas. The doctrines and ideas put forth ... by the democratic leaders caught on in China's major cities, but the commoners of the countryside received little news of the uprising. The Chinese government made sure that relat...

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... . Some Chinese thought adapting these Western ideas to their lifestyle could benefit them but other Chinese citizens were bothered that the technology would introduce disappointing changes. The "Self-Strengthening Movement" occurred in the 1860's. They had used Western technology and ideas to create factories to produce weapons. The Chinese people were able to acquire railroads, shipyards, mining, and ... land that Germany had received, and began to refuse to buy Japanese goods. The Chinese protests that were occurring made a cultural ferment later known as the May Fourth Movement. This r...

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... the country to undergo mass socio-economic changes on more than one occasion, from the fall of imperialism in 1911 to the rise of the Nationalists and Communists. Although Chinese leaders may have had different methods and motives for establishing new political and economic systems, they all sought to shake off the hold European powers had on their ancient civilisation. At ... over China's people for just over 50 years. During his reign of power in the Chinese Communist party, Mao launched what he called 'The Great Leap Forward,' which was a movement which should have seen a signif...

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... -school principal Mao became the CPC leader at the Hunan branch. He worked within the united front in Shanghai, Canton and Hunan focusing on labor organization, propaganda and the Peasant Movement Training Institute. In 1927, Chiang Kai-Shek purged all communists from the government. As a result, Mao was forced to flee and live in the mountains of South China and connecting ... , 2000) But same can be said about the likes of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Unwilling to admit a mistake, Mao Tse-Tung saw a threat in the rise of more pragmatic leaders resulting to secret battles inside th...

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